4 days post op!!

[beckstar76 9]

I was in the hospital for 2 nights. Surgery was 7:30 am on Thursday and discharged on Saturday. Could not imagine going home the same day or even the next!


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[orionburn 1,024]

9 minutes ago, beckstar76 said:

I was in the hospital for 2 nights. Surgery was 7:30 am on Thursday and discharged on Saturday. Could not imagine going home the same day or even the next!


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Same here. My doc requires his patients have a mandatory 3 day stay. Does surgeries on Wednesdays only and people typically go home on a Friday afternoon. I was stuck for 6 days due to complications which started on day 3. I couldn't have imagined going home the same day or on day 2. I'm thankful we had to stay at the hospital.

[Berry78 4,261]

Walter, very few places do bariatric surgery as a same-day procedure. The first 48 hours, the stomach is so swollen, it is virtually impossible to get enough to drink. You'll go right back to get fluids if they release you same day (barring other complications).

Nausea and pain control are also issues that don't necessarily respond to the first medicine attempted.

Personally I would never do this surgery in a clinic that planned for it to be a same day procedure.

I am a risk-taker too! Going to Mexico!

[doingit4me2017 93]

my surgery was 2/15, discharged 2/16 after dinner. every dr is different, my dr said 2 days usually, but if pain/drinking/walking of ok I could go home. Everyone heals differently.

[JerseyJules 862]

My doctor was willing to release me the same day, but I opted to stay overnight due to an underlying blood clotting disease I suffer from, just in case. I had surgery on Monday at 12pm, I was on Tuesday by 1pm. Tuesday night was difficult, but by Wednesday I felt so much better. I recover very fast and I guess it could depend on your overall health going into the surgery.

[SlimStacey 44]

No...not at all. 4 days for me and trust me... I needed every single one of those days to feel better and ready for home

[SlimStacey 44]

I'm 2 days post op and I have no trouble drinking the only pain I had is in the left side. Anyone else not have a problem with drinking

[nonnilynn 43]

Drinking Water was never a problem for me
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